He raises his voice at Aunt Harriet and tells her to go pray for trying to abet Emily; leading her to commit suicide, "…Aunt Harriet's body had been found in the river…" (74). At first, Joseph is calm when he sees Harriet at the door. Once he is informed of the situation, he bursts out with fury. He makes it clear to her that what she did is wrong and that she should go pray for forgiveness. This proves that Joseph cares more about tradition than family.
What have I done to serve this?? Gods, please answer me, what have I done?? Everything I ever did was for my family, but I have seen nothing but betrayal! I feel so alone… She turns around but then turns back to look at Haemon with great regret. Antigone: And you, Haemon... You are even more vile than my sister.
But persecution and damnation is what I deserve. This is God’s thundering wrath for me. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died and where I turned the eye of my faith, blood flowed up. I was full of pride and knowledge but now I am a broken, chastened and empty man which only has trace of guilt in his bones. Goodbye to you treacherous unjust
Eat to live, not live to eat. Antithesis- Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction We shall support any friend, oppose any foe. Man proposes, God disposes Archaic Diction- Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words beliefs for which our forbears fought Asyndeton- Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty He received applause, prizes, money, fame. Cumulative sentence- Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course – both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war. "He dipped his hands in
“Naw you won’t,” she panted,” that ole-snaggle-toothed…foot foremost.” This was when Delia first showed her defensive and independent side of her. Sykes was shocked by her standing up to him so he just left. “It cowed him and he did not strike her as he usually did.” From this point it was clear that he’s physically abusive towards her and her rebellion was shocking. “Sykes, what you throw…Ah is of snakes,” this shows one of Delia’s fears. Sykes threw a
He was so quick to blow off the idea that witchcraft caused her sickness because he was too worried his reputation would get shot with that possibility. In the court while Mary was being questioned about fainting Paris was looking for the first chance to accuse her of witchcraft and he eagerly said, "Then you will confess, will you not?" Mary Warren had no relation to Paris therefore he would not hesitate to point his finger at her. Paris was like Danforth in that he also could not realize his hypocritical ways because of his
If we meet him at Philippi, these people will be at our backs. CASSIUS Listen to me, good brother. BRUTUS Begging your pardon, I’ll continue what I was saying. You must also take into account that we’ve gotten as much from our friends as they can give. Our regiments are full to the brim; our cause is ready.
Mary Warren, a servant of the Proctor family revealed how fear easily takes over a person’s psyche. After realizing that Abigail sought to completely destroy Proctor’s marriage and name, she became terrified of her. Wishing to keep to her faith, she attempted to stay out of the issue, but was threatened by Proctor to give false testimony. Completely scared of what would happen to her, she lies to the court despite her faith. “I cannot lie no more, I am with God, I
Tell them I confessed myself; say Proctor broke to his knees and wept like a woman; say what you will, but my name cannot-“ Danforth, with suspicion: “It is the same, is it not? If I report it or you sign to it... Why? Do you mean to deny this confession when you are free?” Proctor: “I mean to deny nothing!” Danforth: “Then explain to me, Mr. Proctor, why will not let-“ Proctor, with a cry of his whole soul: “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!
You won’t shoot a lady!” she shrilled in a last ditch attempt to save herself from the fury of The Misfit. She hoped that he would sink in to her praises and let her off. But, that was not to come. The grandmother’s worst fears seemed to be coming true after all. The Misfit raised his hand with anger.